Battle of Karaharman (1625)

Battle of Karaharman
Part of the Cossack raids and Cossack naval campaigns
Date27 July 1625
Location
Karaharman coast, Black Sea
Result Ottoman victory
Belligerents
Zaporozhian Cossacks
Don Cossacks		 Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Kindrat Burliy Topal Recep Pasha
Piyale-Uzun
Kapudan Abdi
Janalem-Zade-Aga
Strength
12,000 to 15,000 men
300 chaikas		 43 galleys
Casualties and losses
780 killed
300 captured
270 chaikas		 200–300 killed

The Battle of Karaharman was a major naval battle that took place on 27 July 1625 between the Zaporozhian Cossacks and the Ottoman fleet, it is considered to be one of the biggest defeats of the Cossack fleet in the course of their naval campaigns.


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